This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.Ba'al - Ellipsism

2.Back To R'lyeh - The Awakening / Last Fight Of The Primordial

3.Bad Salad - Uncivilized

4.Bakos Attila - Aranyhajnal

5.Balance Of Power - Book Of Secrets

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1.Cradle Of Filth - Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay

2.Ayreon - The Source

3.Sepultura - Machine Messiah

4.Myrkur - Mareridt

5.Communic - Where Echoes Gather

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If you were ever following my 2017 list in the beginning of the year and are wondering what happened to that one: well, basically MS deleted it itself. More like half of it. When I was in the mark of 120 albums or so and were updating the stuff, that bug which sometimes happens where some of the albums get cut from the preview happened... And I didn't see it. And I clicked on the submit button... So in the end only the first 50 albums of my original list were now showing and THE REST GOT ALL FUCKING DELETED, so yeah... I got pissed. And deleted the whole thing.

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2.AdyS - Pretending

3.Ame To Kanmuri - Nou

4.Ayame - Lumiere Ambree

5.Bathsheba - Servus

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Will eventually turn this into an end of year list. Includes both Metal and non Metal stuff.
In no particular order.

1.Process Of Guilt - Black Earth

2.Rosetta - Utopioid

3.Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis

4.Tchornobog - Tchornobog

5.Schammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite

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This is a list in no particular order (other than alphabetical) of albums I have listened to which I enjoy. If you have you have any I missed let me know so I can check them out. This list includes albums which I have listened to in their entirety and to my knowledge only released one album, correct me if I am wrong, enjoy!

1.Bathsheba - Servus

2.Between Colors - M.A.D.

3.Condor - Unstoppable Power

4.Cursus - Cursus

5.Disgracer - Cursed Since Birth

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1.Soen - Lykaia

2.Dopelord - Children Of The Haze

3.Spaceslug - Time Travel Dilemma

4.Ordos - House Of The Dead

5.Mechina - As Embers Turn To Dust

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Last updated on 30.12.2017

1.Paradise Lost - Medusa

2.Kind Man - Kindness Ends

3.Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun

4.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

5.Immolation - Atonement

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The best album covers of 2017:

Bell Witch ‎- Mirror Reaper
~ Mariusz Lewandowski ~

Tchornobog - Tchornobog
~ Adam Burke ~

Amenra - Mass VI
~ Stephan Vanfleteren ~

Blut Aus Nord - Deus Salutis Meæ
~ Anna Levytska ~

Progenie Terrestre Pura - OltreLuna
~ Abalakin ~

1.Tchornobog - Tchornobog

2.Below The Sun - Alien World

3.Emptiness - Not For Music

4.Amenra - Mass VI

5.Process Of Guilt - Black Earth

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Top list time! Here we go!

1.La Torture Des Ténèbres - IV - Memoirs Of A Machine Girl

2.Ragana - You Take Nothing

3.Lingua Ignota - All Bitches Die

4.Turia - Dede Kondre

5.Vintersorg - Till Fjälls Del II

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1.Bathsheba - Servus

2.Soen - Lykaia

3.Persefone - Aathma

4.Battle Beast - Bringer Of Pain

5.Striker - Striker

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Getting started on this later than usual

1.Persefone - Aathma

2.Schammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite

3.Au-Dessus - End Of Chapter

4.Heretoir - The Circle

5.Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand

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Slow start to 2017. Keep an eye on this list you bargain-basement shoppers...

1.Au-Dessus - End Of Chapter

2.Viscera - 3/Release Yourself Through Desperate Rituals

3.Slowdive - Slowdive

4.Echoes(UK) - Cornerstone

5.Fen - Winter

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This year, I will be posting far more thoroughly than I have in the last two years or so. The list below is ranked in order from best to worst, but I'll likely end up cutting some albums in the end. I will also be temporarily evaluating albums I have not yet heard based on one or two songs, denoting these albums with *. Using the list, I can then come back to them later in the year. Feel free to give me any 2017 recommendations you might have. Cheers!

1.Combat Astronomy - Symmetry Through Collapse

2.Fen - Winter

3.Oceanic - Trappist

4.Hubris - Apocryphal Gravity

5.The Ominous Circle - Appalling Ascension

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1.Abbath - TBA

2.Accept - The Rise Of Chaos

3.Arch Enemy - Will To Power

4.Atrophy - TBA

5.Bathsheba - Servus

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My HIGH ENERGY 2017 list.
Lots of prog.

No rating=haven't heard yet/not enough spins

★★★★★ - Masterpiece!
★★★★½ - Excellent!
★★★★☆ - Great!
★★★½☆ - Very Good!
★★★☆☆ - Enjoyable!
★★½☆☆ - OK, Nothing Special
★★☆☆☆ - Mediocre
★½☆☆☆ - Poor
★☆☆☆☆ - Don't Touch
½☆☆☆☆ - I Want My Money Back

1.This Social Coil - Pictures

2.Gone Is Gone - Echolocation

3.Hibernal - The Dark Of The City

4.Gotthard - Silver

5.Pain Of Salvation - In The Passing Light Of Day

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